Error Spotting Quiz from the Hindu: Part-3

Published on Friday, April 28, 2017

By NEHA KASHYAP

Directions: (Q.1– 10) Read each sentence to find out if there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in only one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, then the correct answer is (E). (Ignore errors, in punctuation, if any). Ques 1.

A. Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar on April 22, 2017 said that

B. India is becoming a hub of international arbitration and added that the
C. Government’s initiative to work towards zero interference in the process
D. would promote confidence among foreign traders.
E. No Error

Ques 2.

A. Speaking at a two-day seminar ‘Engaging Asia Arbitration Summit’,
B. Chief Justice of India said that
C. the Government’s ‘Make in India’ Scheme
D. will make the country a favoured market among the emerging ones.
E. No Error Ques 3.

A. “At the highest level of planning in the Government of India,
B. efforts are on that neither the government nor its agencies
C. will have interference in
D. international arbitration process.”
E. No Error Ques 4.

A. “Zero interference by the Government
B. will give room for
C. foreign traders in India
D. that the process here is neutral.”
E. No Error Ques 5.

A. “In my view,
B. it will promote further confidence
C. of traders in
D. arbitration in the country,” he said.
E. No Error Ques 6.

A. Justice Khehar noted that
B. India has a talent pool of lawyers and arbitrators
C. and the future of international commercial arbitration
D. in Asia must commence from India.
E. No Error Ques 7.

A. The 2017 French elections might be a game-changer,
B. not only for France,
C. but for the rest of the European Union as well.
D. Find out why.
E. No Error

Ques 8.

A. France has a bicameral legislature,
B. much like India,
C. with an Upper House (Senate),
D. and a Lower House (National Assembly).
E. No Error Ques 9.

A. Elections are held every five years
B. for 577 seats the National Assembly,
C. with the majority that is needed
D. to form government requiring 289 seats
E. No Error Ques 10.

A. The first round of the
B. 2017 French presidential election is
C. scheduled to be held on April 23,
D. with the second round to be held on May 7, 2017.
E. No Error

Solutions with Explanations:

1. The error is in part B. The correct statement should be “India was becoming a hub of international arbitration and added that the”
This is part of the reported statement and is not a universal truth. So verb within the reported speech has to be changed.

2. The error is in part D. The correct statement should be “would make the country a favoured market among the emerging ones.”
This is part of the reported statement and is not a universal truth. So verb within the reported speech has to be changed.

3. There is no error in any of the four parts. So the correct option here is E.

4. The error is in part B. The correct statement should be “will give room to”
Here is the preposition mistake. Will give room is to be followed by “to” instead of “for”. “Will give room for” is to be used for some physical space whereas “will give room to” is to be used for an idea.

5. There is no error in any of the four parts. So the correct option here is E.

6. The error is in part B. The correct statement should be “India had a talent pool of lawyers and arbitrators”
This is part of the reported statement and is not a universal truth. So verb within the reported speech has to be changed.

7. The error is in part C. The correct statement should be “but also for the rest of the European Union as well.”
Not only is always followed by “but also” in the English Language.

8. There is no error in any of the four parts. So the correct option here is E.

9. The error is in part B. The correct statement should be “for 577 seats of the National Assembly.”
Here the preposition is missing.

10. There is no error in any of the four parts. So the correct option here is E.